18 Toys to remember and that many collectors would like to have

Childhood is a phase marked by good times and very particular memories. Some vividly remember the “smell of grandma’s house”; others, the texture of sand in a playground. And most have a “heart toy”, one that will never leave their memory, no matter how much time passes.

O awesome.club wants to share photos of some legendary toys that will make you feel like stepping back in time. Have a good time!

The company is one of the largest and most influential in the world, making billions of dollars annually, surpassing even Mattel (which produces cartoons for television, movies and dolls like Barbie). LEGO’s influence is such that some users have kept sets of valuable bricks for years, like the man in the photo, who kept the “set 333” box for 53 years.

The doll has been a sales success since its launch in 1959. The manufacturer has announced on several occasions that it sells three Barbies per second. Today there are movies, series and countless models of the doll, which marked and continues to mark the childhood of millions of girls.

The toy was created by Hungarian professor Ernő Rubik in 1974 and has sold around 350 million units since it was launched. This challenge is not easy for beginners (and even more experienced people) to solve, as this story makes clear, where a father said that it took him 17 years to get all the sides the same color.

Furby is a doll that captivated generations in the late 90s. In the first year of commercialization alone, almost 27 million copies were sold. Its main attraction was the ability to learn and improve speech. In fact, the doll starts speaking its own language, “Furbish”, composed of a few words, but, as time goes by, it starts to deal with other languages ​​fluently. One lucky girl commented, on the social network Reddit, that her boyfriend gave her a Furby from the launch edition (1998), today a real rarity.

Polly Pocket is a small doll that fits in your pocket, as the name implies (“pocket”, means “pocket” in English), and comes inside a themed box. Currently, the toy line is produced by Mattel, but the doll was invented in 1983 by Chris Wiggs, who designed it for his daughter. Fortunately, some people have been lucky enough to find some Polly Pocket first editions forgotten in their own homes.

The My Little Pony (“Meu Pequeno Pônei”, in Portuguese and sold in Brazil at the time as “Meu Querido Pônei”) is a Hasbro brand toy, consisting of a line of colorful ponies, with long manes and other distinctive details. Since 1983 and until today, the toy has been modified four times. Thanks to the television series featuring the characters (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), in 2010, sales gained an additional boost, accounting for millions of dollars.

The friendly Japanese virtual pet was released in 1996. It is a small electronic device, in the shape of an egg, and with buttons that allow you to see and manipulate the needs of a “live” creature. The toy was a great success in 1997 and 1998 and is still part of the affective memory of most children of that time.

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the second console of the famous Japanese brand, launched in 1983 in the Asian country and then being sold in other countries — Brazil, including, where it “arrived” a few years later. It’s one of the classic toys of the era and was re-released in 2016 for the homesick. It was considered the most successful video game console of its time and is one of the best sellers in history. And you, do you miss him?

It is Nintendo’s handheld video game console and the third best-selling console in history. It is believed that around 200 million copies were sold from the early 1990s to the first decade of the 2000s, from the classic model to the color version.

Cabbage dolls, also known as pimpolho dolls, were produced between 1983 and 1988. Their main characteristics were their light body, large head and originality — each of them had a very peculiar characteristic of hair and eye color. The toy was such a success that the manufacturer’s revenue from its sales reached 1 billion dollars — more than 5 billion reais. They were very popular at the time and were re-released in Mexico and Spain between 2006 and 2008. They are now collectors’ items.

Transformers have been popular for decades. The toy line, created by the manufacturer Hasbro, turned into movies, games, magazines and a multitude of products and the famous cars that turn into robots are a huge success to this day. There are two groups of robots, the Autobots and the Decepticons, from the planet Cybertron.

Probably one of the oldest and most traditional toys in history. Invented in Egypt 3,000 years ago and also found in ancient Greece, its name in English is “Hula Hoop”. The “Hula” is a reference to the Hawaiian dance “hula”, which has a very characteristic movement of the hips and is reminiscent of hula hoops. “hoop” means “hoop” in English. The toy emerged, as we know it (and sold commercially) in 1957, launched by the American company Wham-O and made of hard plastic. While not exactly an invention, the “Hula Hoop” brand was patented. In the first year of commercialization, almost 100 million units were sold.

This line of dolls for boys was (and still is) very successful. Its creator intended to copy Barbie’s popularity, but for an audience passionate about action and adventure. It was released in 1964 and is considered one of the most popular toys of the 20th century.

The classic potato-shaped children’s toy allows for different “configurations” with numerous shapes of mouths, eyes, ears and noses. A true classic for several generations, it began to be sold in 1952 as a decoration piece and only in 1964 did it acquire its current appearance. Later, the original doll gained a family, with Lady Potato Head, children and pets. Success gained an extra boost in 1990, when the toy was included as a character in the film. Toy Story.

Tazos are circular objects with printed cartoons, distributed in the 1990s as gifts in snacks and chewing gum. It was such a success that, recently, a brand of snacks announced that it will once again distribute the famous discs.

Bratz dolls were released in 2001, becoming a trend for girls of the then generation. At the time, they were called “anti-Barbie dolls” because they wore flashy clothes and bright makeup. The somewhat questionable marketing strategy apparently had an effect: the dolls sold millions of copies worldwide, yielding other “products”, such as records and film. The fact is that these dolls broke a kind of pattern that existed until then for female toys and that was based, above all, on Barbie’s style.

The View-Master was a device used to view discs with stereoscopic images. It was a fashionable toy in the 1960s, although it wasn’t intended for children — the main idea was for people to use the device to view pictures of tourist attractions. With the apparatus, it was possible to see two simultaneous images (one in each eye), generating a sensation of depth when looked at together with a kind of binoculars. An “ancestor” of current virtual reality devices.

A true classic. The car brand created by Mattel (the same maker of Barbie) was introduced to the market in 1968. The vehicles have impressive designs and finishes, similar to real cars. They have been very popular since their launch, including a series of licensed products, such as backpacks, for example. According to Mattel, about 3 billion carts have already been produced, with approximately 800 models.

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